Naslov
Technology-Based Activities at Home and STEM School Achievement: The Moderating Effects of Student Gender and Parental Education

Autori
Burušić, Josip ; Šimunović, Mara ; Šakić Velić, Marija

Izvornik
Research in Science & Technological Education (0263-5143) 39 (2021), 1; 1-22

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
STEM ; school achievement ; technology-based activities ; primary school

Sažetak
This study aims to address two important issues that have not been broadly explored in the STEM school domain. The first issue is to what extent students’ school achievement in STEM school subjects is related to their engagement in different technology-based activities at home ; the second is whether these relations differ for students from families of different socioeconomic status (SES) and whether they differ for boys and girls. The term ´technology-based activities´ in this study refers to different types of students’ free- time activities at home that can be supported by different technologies (e.g. mobile phones, laptops, desktop computers). The frequency of writing posts on social media sites and downloading music, movies, games or software from the internet negatively predicted STEM achievement, even after controlling for parental education and student gender. The relationship between frequency of certain technology-based activities at home and STEM achievement was found to vary depending on student gender and the combination of student gender and parental education. Although the frequency of certain activities at home is related to STEM achievement, the general conclusion is that engagement in technology- based activities at home does not substantially contribute to STEM achievement. Additionally, the relationship between technology-based activities and STEM achievement may differ for boys and girls, and for students with parents of different education levels.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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